US EditionSeptic Gangrene and Thrombophlebitis Following Leech Therapy
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Septic Gangrene and Thrombophlebitis Following Leech Therapy
The present paper described a rare and lethal adverse event following leech therapy. A 63-year-old man was referred to Nemazee Teaching Hospital (Shiraz, Iran) in December 2020 with a two-week history of progressive right lower extremity swelling, erythema, and ecchymosis. One week before symptom onset, he had undergone leech therapy on the lateral calf and
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